“As far as I’m concerned, in the abstract, there is only one plot and it goes like this—A person, or group or an entity (an animal, or an alien, or whatever) wants something. Perhaps it’s to survive a blizzard, to get married, to dominate the world, or to save a child trapped in a fire, [...]
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Author Archive“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form. “H.P. Lovecraft Opening lines in Supernatural [...]
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Filmmaking Quote #23 (Mike Figgis)Posted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“The more we talk about guerrilla fimmaking and individuals, I think the healthier it is, even though that may also produce some monumentally awful egos. But at least it allows for possibility of a single creative voice, which is the source of all creativity. Any period of technological innovation in cinema will create its own [...] Last night I went to hear photographer Joel Meyerowitz talk and show some of the 8,500 photos he took at Ground Zero. The first obstacle he had to overcome was Mayor Giuliani banned photographs from being taking and the NY Police Department were faithful to carry out their orders. Meyerowitz speculated that Giuliani’s reasoning was he didn’t [...]
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2011
NYC Photographers Meyerowitz, Maisel, & McNallyPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From IowaA day after the United States reflected on the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 photographer Joel Meyerowitz will be coming to the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, Iowa tonight to show some of his photos from the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks. I first became aware of Meyerowitz a couple of [...] “Embrace the creative aspects of business.” Photographer Tamarka Lackey Philip Bloom has a post called How do I get into this filming lark and make money from it? It’s a good read in light of the proliferation of high quality, relatively low-budget cameras and editing systems available today. Mixed together with online tutorials and outlets like Vimeo [...] ”Cities are lucky if they get a man like Lee Roy Selmon once in a generation.” Joe Henderson The Tampa Tribune The NFL season kicked off last night so allow me a slight detour today from talking about writing & movie and talk about Lee Roy Selmon who died this past Sunday. The first pro [...]
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John Ford’s Advice to SpielbergPosted by: screenwritingfromiowa in Screenwriting From Iowa“When you’re able to distinguish the art of the horizon at the bottom of a frame, or at the top of the frame—but not going right through the center of the frame—when you’re able to appreciate why it’s at the top and why it’s at the bottom, you might make a pretty good picture-maker.” John [...] Director John Ford (1894—1973) is acknowledged as one of the greats of Hollywood. Orson Wells called him cinema’s poet. On Peter Bogdanovich’s commentary track on John Ford’s The Searchers, he makes a passing comment about Ford having an accordion on the set. I was curious about what that meant. I could see music being used on sets [...] |
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